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Obiang set to extend 43 year rule of E. Guinea
The world’s longest-ruling leader, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, staged a vote in the week to extend his 43-year-rule of a tiny, authoritarian African state where once plentiful oil wealth has been in a rapid decline. “What you sow…
NASA blasts off huge rocket to moon
NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of…
Baltic countries pledge to NATO common defense
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia on Tuesday took aim at Russia for the missile strike in Poland that left two dead in the border town of Przewodow, just a few kilometers from Ukraine, and said that NATO territory must be defended…
China’s Huawei seeks 5G boom in Africa
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies pledged to further increase its investments for “digital transformation” in Africa, as it hosted dozens of industry executives and regulators from the continent for a 5G summit in Bangkok. “As the third wave of the…
Francophone hackers stole $11m , cause $50m damages in Nigeria, others
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Internet fraud syndicate operating from one of Nigeria’s neighbouring francophone countries have successfully launched over 30 successful attacks at financial institutions and stole over $11 million, causing damages worth over $50 million to the institutions….
Slavery protester throws eggs at King Charles III
A 23-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after hurling eggs and vitriol at King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, as they walked in the northern England city of York. The incident happened as the king and his wife were…
Unmarried Poland’s politician blames women for population crisis
A powerful Polish politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, 73, has attributed the country’s falling population to excessive drinking among young women. Mr Kaczynski who is leader of the ruling Law & Justice party said at a meeting with voters late weekend in…
China’s out-of-control rocket slams into Pacific Ocean
Sopuruchi Onwuka Concerns over free falling Chinese rocket booster resolved without major incident weekend when the dreaded object plummeted to Earth and into the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Space Command reported that the debris from the Long March 5B rocket…
Price dive: Traders float $2 bn LNG in 30 vessels off Europe’s coast
More than 30 tankers carrying liquefied natural gas are idling off Europe’s coast as traders hold out for higher market prices, the Financial Times reported. The ships, which combined are carrying LNG worth $2 billion, are at sea around north-west…
American mom abused own children to ingratiate ISIS jihadists
A Kansas woman who led an Islamic State battalion has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after her children shared harrowing victim impact statements of their experience. Allison Fluke-Ekren provided military training to over 100 women and young girls…
